Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; estuarina demersal; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 100 m (Ref. 9563). Temperate; 30°S - 43°S
Indo-Pacific: known only from southern Australia.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 23.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9563); peso máx. publicado: 3.1 kg (Ref. 6390)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vértebras: 18 - 20. This species differs from Platycephalus westraliae in having the following characters: both second dorsal and anal fin rays usually 14 (vs. 13), total gill rakers 18-20 (vs. 10); palatine with a tooth band comprised of several irregular rows of conical teeth (vs. with an inner larger conical and an outer smaller villiform tooth rows); caudal fin with several small pale brown spots on the upper lobe and one or two large dark brown or black spots on the lower lobe, and with concave posterior margin (vs. with 3 dark bands and with mostly straight posterior margin) (Ref. 86914).
Inhabit coastal waters from shallow bays and inlets to depths of about 100 m over sand, shell grit and mud substrates (Ref. 6390). Sand flathead are usually solitary but may form loose aggregations (Ref. 2165, 27247). They sometimes move long distances (Ref. 6390). They are active foragers and ambush predators (Ref. 6390), occasionally are scavengers (Ref. 6390). Feed on crustaceans and fish (Ref. 2165). Its fin spines are venomous, can inflict mild to severe pain (Ref. 125684).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 14.6 - 18.5, mean 17.1 °C (based on 242 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00330 - 0.00527), b=3.11 (3.04 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.75 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.19; tmax=9).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 65 [6, 306] mg/100g; Iron = 0.792 [0.214, 2.004] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 1.01 [0.44, 2.67] g/100g; Selenium = 18.8 [5.0, 75.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25.4 [8.9, 72.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.651 [0.297, 1.378] mg/100g (wet weight);
